Swimming at the Pool in St. George

For being in St. George for 8 days/7 nights, you would think that the kids would eventually get sick of the pool, but that was not the case on this trip. They enjoyed going to the pool every day and we definitely spent EVERY day there. It was a lot of fun though and the kids did a lot of fun activities and got along well. They also learned how to do a few new fun tricks. We taught Adelie how to do cannon balls and Whytli how to do flips and hand stands in the water. Mallory was pretty much just a little wuss and did not dare to get too far into the water and do much. She hung out the whole time on the sides splashing and playing by herself. I tried to show her that with a life jacket, floaties, or in a floaty that she would not drown and that she could go around all over in the pool but it did not work. She would just cry the whole time and wanted to go back to her safe zone on the side of the pool. Kenya and Nash were great babies the entire time. Our condo was next to the pool so we brought our monitors and they were able to take their long naps while we hung out at the pool. At the pool they did really great too. Nash never fussed one time while in it. He did not care if he got splashed in the face or his whole body dunked into the water.

On Thursday night Jon and Brett decided to come down and surprise the kids and have a couple of days to hang out with them. The kids were so excited to have their dads there. They had a great time playing at the pool with them. Kellye and I missed them tons too so it was great to have them there for a couple of days.

Kenya and Kellye.

Me and Nash.

Mallory (not swimming in the water, of course).

Nash having a great time with Brett (he is only smiling because I am talking to him).

Tyme on Jon's shoulders.

Adelie on Brett's shoulders. She was really afraid to do this but did great and realized it wasn't that scary after all.

Whytli on Brett's shoulders. She wasn't afraid to do this at all.

Adelie loved jumping into the pool.

Cannon Ball!

Whytli, Adelie, Tyme & Tymber jumping into the pool.

Mallory hanging out on the side.

Adelie looked so funny in these goggles.

Whytli and Nash. Yes, he is in Kenya's pink floaty. Brett would not approve.

Nash enjoying an otter pop.

The babies being good.

The kids playing games in the pool.

St. George Park

One of the days that we were in St. George we decided to take the kids to this fun park. It had a long shallow canal of water with rocks all over for the kids to climb and play on. It also had water fountains for them to play in. The water was chlorinated so it was clean. The kids had a lot of fun. It was so hot I wished I had my swimsuit on to run in the water with them. We brought our lunches and stayed for a couple of hours while the kids played and had a great time. It was finally time to leave when a lot of creepy adults started showing up with no children to play in the water too. We decided at that point it was time to leave.

Golfing, Going for Walks, and Finding Frogs in St. George

Jon brought his golf clubs so the kids played with them at the little putting green that they had at the condos. They all loved putting. Afterwards we went for a walk and went looking for lizards but instead found a bunch of frogs. They all had fun trying to catch them. They found a lot of big frogs. Behind the condos was a big golf course so the kids had a great time playing out on the grass out there.

This is one of the tiny frogs that we found.

Mallory and Adelie putting.

Mallory concentrating on getting her ball into the hole.

Nash and Kenya watching the kids play on the putting green.

Whytli and Tymber.

Jon helping Adelie.

Adelie and Tyme.

Tymber.

Hanging out in condo at St. George

When we weren't at the pool the kids still had a great time hanging out at the condo. We always took baths after being at the pool all day and would get our pajamas on, eat dinner and hang out. They played a lot of games like hide and seek, cars, dancing, singing, etc.

Mallory making Tyme dance with her. He wasn't too excited to do this. Adelie is singing a song in the background.

Kellye cooking quesadillas.

The kids took turns sleeping in the pull out murphy bed. Tymber was very kind and decided the girls could have the first night since it is girls first.

Nashy watching TV. He is very interested.

Nash enjoying an ice cream cone.

The kids eating their ice cream cones on the deck. They loved to play out here.

Tyme and Mallory sharing a seat.

Nash and Kenya hanging out in their chairs. Nash always sat next to Kenya like this so he could play with her toys too. She didn't seem to mind.

Whytli and Adelie making themselves some fun, cute flip flops with material tied all around them.

Hey, what about my food?

Whenever we eat dinner we put Nash in his bumbo chair in the middle of us. He has been very excited about the food that we are eating lately. Any time we drink or eat anything he goes crazy. He opens his mouth and lets out this little scream. He arches his back, points his toes, his arms go crazy, opens his mouth wide and screams. It is really quite comical and the kids, Brett and I get a big kick out of it. He is a great little eater. I have never seen a baby eat so well at the first attempt. He was only 4 months when we fed him his first solids and he ate the entire bottle.

This is a video of him watching us eat and going crazy - it is super funny. As you can see, we are teasing him a little, but sometimes you gotta have some fun with it.

A-Fib Update

Last week we went to Dr. Hwang to find out about what he wanted to do. He seemed a little annoyed that the emergency room shocked Brett's heart without trying some medicine first to get it back to its normal rhythm. He was surprised that it did happen again and said it wasn't supposed to after about a 3 month window after the surgery. He gave Brett some pills called Rythmol SR. He wants him to keep one with him at all times. If it ever happens again he wants him to take one immediately and then wait 4 hours. If after the 4 hours he is still having the A-Fib he wants him to go to the ER immediately. He then wants Brett to call him and come in to see him. At that point they will talk about possibly attempting the catheter ablation again. He seems to think that it shouldn't happen again but he wants to wait it out and see if it does before he decides to do anything serious.

During the appointment I asked Dr. Hwang if Brett's problem is hereditary, to which he answered that it was. He said that it is very possible that our children could have the same problem, but we do not need to worry about it until they are are into their teens. For some reason, smaller hearts will not fibrillate. So finding out that news was kind of a bummer but I am glad to know it now so we can make sure to watch out for it later on with the kids.

"That is sooo going on the blog!"

I have a couple of funny things that Adelie has said recently that I had to write down. The first one was a few weeks ago on my birthday. I got a new camera for my birthday so we gave the kids our old digital camera. On the way home from the birthday dinner in Salt Lake, Adelie and Mallory rode home with Kellen and Lacey. Adelie had the camera and was taking pictures the whole way home. She kept saying stuff like, "Oh, that was a good one," and at one point while taking pictures she said, "Oh that was so good. That is sooo going on the blog!" Kellen and Lacey bust up laughing and thought it was quite hilarious. My kids definitely are all about the blogs like their mom I guess. They are dying to have one of their own.

Another one was while in St. George when the kids were playing with mine and Kellye's hair. I have a very soft head that hurts at the slightest pull of my hair. Adelie was doing my hair and at one point she pulled my hair. I told her that it hurt, to please be soft, and that I had a very soft head. Kellye said she had a hard head. Adelie looked around the room at everyone with this funny, confused look on her face and then took her finger, touched my head, and said with a very confused tone, "Doesn't feel soft!" Kellye and I thought it was really funny and had to explain to her what I meant when I said I had a soft head.

Yesterday while watching TV with the kids. The girls and I were watching one of our favorite TV shows, So You Think You Can Dance. Adelie then said to me, "Mom can those people ever come out of the TV?" I started to laugh and asked her what she meant and she said, "I mean do they always have to stay there in the TV and can never come out?" Whytli replied, "Duh Adelie, of course they can come out they do not live in the TV. Someone records them with a video camera and then whoever is in charge tells them to put it on the TV." Adelie still seemed a little confused, so that night when Brett got home we told him about it and he explained to her that they did not live permanently in the TV. She then said, "So you mean Zach and Cody can come out whenever they want?" I thought it was really funny that she seriously thought that the people on TV are inside of the TV and can never come out or something.

The last one was today while at the ward party. Kellye said to my girls, "I got a lot of cute pictures of you guys in St. George." Adelie looked at Kellye with a serious face and said, "Are they still there?" Kellye started laughing and said, "Yeah, should we go back to get them?" She is so innocent and funny with the things she says. I just love the way she thinks.

A-Fib Again

While we were in St. George on vacation, Brett's heart went into Atrial Fibrillation again, which isn't supposed to happen anymore. He got his surgery over 5 months ago and things had been fine up until Friday. Luckily he knows when it happens. He tried laying down for a while and actually took a short nap but when he woke it was still happening so he called Dr. Hwang's office and they told him to go to the ER. At the ER they confirmed his self-diagnosis. He knew the drill and what to expect and knew that the medicine to try to correct the heart's rhythm did not work for him last time, so they just went ahead and sedated him and shocked his heart to get it back to normal. Jon came with us to the ER so he was in the room with us and about 10 other people.

I have to say that it was pretty scary to watch. I wasn't there the last time he got it done. I hope I don't ever have to see it again either. When they sedated him it only took him a few seconds for him to be out and then it was probably a total of only 5 minutes of him being sedated to them shocking his heart and him regaining consciousness. The ER doctor told him he needed to get in to see Dr. Hwang as soon as possible to talk about what needs to be done. That doctor's guess is that he will need to have another attempt at surgery to try and fix the problem, so I guess we will see what Dr. Hwang says.

Brett wanted to see what it looked like when he was being shocked. He really wanted a video but Jon's phone needed a memory card to record video, which he didn't have. Brett was a little disappointed. He jokingly asked if he could stay awake and watch, to which the ER doctor responded that he could, but that they'd have to send him to the psychiatric ward afterwards.

This is him about to be shocked. His whole body jumped up from the bed - head, arms, legs went flying - his eyelids flew open, eyes rolled back in his head, then into a freaky stare before closing again. It was not pleasant.

He could not stop smiling while he was still out. When he came to and was himself again we told him about how he was smiling and he knew that he was but could not stop himself.

Pulling Weeds

Brett and the girls have been pulling weeds lately every Saturday. It isn't the kids' most favorite thing but we usually reward them with something afterwards if they get it done (Seven Peaks, shakes, or a treat). There is always a lot of drama and complaining but they eventually get it done. Brett ends up doing a lot of it himself but they do their fair share for little kids. I remember we used to have to do this as kids and I hated every minute of it. I think my parents heard the same amount of drama and complaining that we now hear with our kids.